rain hard

This page is about the collocation rain hard

collocation pattern: verb + adverb

Meaning

rain heavily, as during a storm or a downpour

For example

  • It doesn't rain often, but it rains hard when it does.

  • It was raining really hard, so we had to stop playing.

Quick Quiz

If it's raining hard, the rain is

a. hard, like ice

b. hardly falling

c. falling heavily
a) hard, like ice b) hardly falling c) falling heavily

Contributor: Matt Errey